How popular is the name Garnett?

Garnett ranks 1,808th among boys' names in US records, with 6,636 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 34.

Is Garnett a unisex name?

No. Garnett is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1920, when 87 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#1,808 of boy names

Pronounced G AA1 R N IH0 T (ARPABET)

Garnett is a boys' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 6,636 children — the 1,808th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 34 births across the past decade, against a peak of 87 in a single year. That peak was in 1920.

1920Boys: 87Girls: 99

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Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Garnett?: Garnett ranks 1,808th among boys' names in US records, with 6,636 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 34.
Is Garnett a unisex name?: No. Garnett is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Garnett most popular?: 1920, when 87 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.